Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Natalia Konstantinovna Krasko

Natalia was accused of slandering the Prosecutor General of Belarus Andrei Shved and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral. According to the investigation, on February 1, 2021, she wrote from her mobile phone in the public chat "Kuluary KYKY" under a post about increasing responsibility for extremism that "the Prosecutor General is a criminal", thereby disseminating false information. Shved estimated the moral damage at 10,000 rubles, the court reduced the amount of compensation by only 1,000 rubles.

Natalia left Belarus before she began serving her sentence.

In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding on Natalia's case, a court hearing in absentia was held to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.07.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 9000 rubles of compensation.
Regime change trial 10.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Anton Olegovych Kolobov
Anton Olegovych Kolobov
Judges7 december 1987
Place:
Minsk District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.07.2021
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Daria Gennadievna Rakutko
Daria Gennadievna Rakutko
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Minsk District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
10.01.2025
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Natalia Konstantinovna Krasko
Hometown:
Borovlyany
Birthday:
02.09.1973
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 10.03.2021

    Administrative court

    Administrative arrest (10 days), Minsk District Court

  3. 06.07.2021

    Trial outcome 06.07.2021

    2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 9000 rubles of compensation, Minsk District Court

  4. ~25.07.2021

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  5. 2025
  6. 10.01.2025

    Regime change trial 10.01.2025

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia), Minsk District Court